Ivittuut
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Ivittuut is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooq municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement.
The cryolite mine in Ivittuut in the summer of 1940
Christian Krohg Leiv Eirikson discovering America Google Art Project
Norse settlements in Greenland were established after 986 CE by settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar, were the first Europeans to explore and temporarily settle North Ame
Ivittuut
…Place") is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooq municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement. Ivittuut is one of the few places in the world so far discovered to have naturally occurring cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium aluminum…
The Konungs skuggsjá from approximately 1250 contains a great deal of information about the natural resource base of the Norse settlement on Greenland
Eiriksfjord
Wooden crosses as grave goods (found in Herjolfsnes)
Reconstruction of Brattahlíð Chapel